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PHILADELPHIA-A coordinated design will marry the three structures that make up the Columbus, OH university's William Oxley Thompson Library. It encompasses total restoration of the original 1913 building and upgrading of the less distinctive additions built in 1951 and 1977.

ORLANDO-Groveland officials await a mid-October clash with environmentalists and local activists who oppose local growth plans. The municipality hopes to double the population and create more commercial, retail and residential space in the historically rustic area 25 miles west of Orlando.

IRVING, TX-EFG Cos. and CMD Realty sign one of the largest office leases this year for the Las Colinas submarket. It's a lateral submarket move, but the 122 W. Carpenter Freeway team out-talked three others for the seven-year corporate pledge.

DENVER-Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado's leading provider of workers' compensation insurance, has moved to its new headquarters at the former Lowry Air Force Base.

HOUSTON-The 65,900-sf suburban office building lands tenants for 17,170 sf to nudge it close to the filled mark. Insurance Associates of the Southwest signed for 14,947 sf of One Woodbranch Center near the Energy Corridor.

PHOENIX-With the highest number of vacant big boxes in the West, the Valley is fertile ground for discount retailers looking to tap middle-class dollars. Discounters are finding some sweet deals in the metro's upscale neighborhoods.

CHICAGO-New Jersey-based Chelsea increases its presence in the Upper Midwest with the acquisition of two outlet malls, one in the Twin Cities market, another that serves the Milwaukee and Madison metro areas.

LONDON-Liverpool City Council has granted planning permission for Grosvenor and Henderson Global Investors' one million-sf retail-led scheme for the Paradise Street area of the city centre.